Peas Chaat / Peas Masala Chaat Recipe / Green Peas Masala Chaat ~ Healthy & Refreshing Snack !

Mr.V love sundals(kind of legume salad) and he mostly prefer it for evening snacks. Though I am not much fond of sundals very rarely prefer Chickpeas/Channa sundal and i love eating these protein packed & fiber rich legumes in chaat form. Peas Chaat / Channa Chaat or any legume simply cooked and sprinkled with chaat masala and few lemon drops would make my snack plate more happy and filling.

This Peas Chaat  / Peas Masala Chaat is one such healthy & refreshing snack, a pure vegan recipe. This recipe was shared to me by my sister long back, 2 yrs back. I cook this peas chaat often but couldn't get chance & time to blog it. But this time made it for blog and clicked happily :) This peas chaat doesn't involve chaat chutneys since we add fresh cilantro, mint, tamarind, jaggery gives spicy, sour & sweet taste. But serving with chaat chutneys makes it even more tasty and refreshing. Without any further delay will move on the recipe....

Ingredients

1. Dried Green Peas        1/2 cup (washed and soaked over night or 6-8 hrs)
2. Onion     1 medium (finely chopped)
3. Turmeric powder    1/4 tsp
4. Garam Masala Powder     1/4 tsp
5. Asafoetida / Hing       a generous pinch
6. Salt      to taste
7. Oil     2 tsp

To Grind

1. Cooked Peas    1/4 cup
2. Mint      2 tbsp (chopped or leaves from 2 stems)
3. Cilantro/Coriander leaves     1/4 cup (chopped or 6-7 stems)
4. Green chilli      3 no.( or to taste)
5. Tamarind         a small piece or 1/2 tsp Tamarind paste
6. Powdered Jaggery     1 tsp

To Assemble / To serve

1. Peas Masala
2. Spicy Green Chutney
3. Dates Tamarind Chutney
4. Plain Sev
5. Onion    1/4 cup (finely chopped)
6. Tomato    2-3 tbsp (finely chopped)
7. Cilantro     few finely chopped

Method

• Soak dried peas for overnight and pressure cook it with 2 cups of water, 1/2 tsp salt for 1-2 whistles or cook it in sauce pan until done.
• After that take 1/4 cup from it, drain excess water and grind it along with cilantro, mint, jaggery, tamarind, green chilli to a coarse paste and keep ready.

• Now heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped onions saute until it turns golden brown.
• After that add the ground paste, turmeric powder and hing saute for 1-2 minutes.

• Then add cooked peas along with its water, garam masala powder and add little salt and bring it to boil. 
• When it starts boiling and thickening, switch off the stove and add some finely chopped cilantro.

• That's it...Peas Masala Ready to serve. This can be served as such with hint of lemon juice or as a chaat.

To Serve

Add 1-2 ladle full of cooked masala peas in a serving bowl/plate, add few tsp of green chutney & tamarind chutney, then add finely chopped onion, tomato and cilantro.

Lastly add some handful of Sev and serve immediately.

Linking this to Vardhini's Chaat & Chutneys - Giveaway Event.

Notes:
The same way you can also make Channa / Chickpeas Chaat.
Using this peas Masala you can also make Masala Puri Chaat, Cutlet Chaat recipes.
To serve, you can also add 1-2 tbsp beaten curd / yogurt along with chaat chutneys, if desired.